ng countries, exchanging information on the whereabouts of asylum seekers and refugees. According to independent experts, with whom the mission met in Kyrgyzstan, «our migration service does not comply with the confidentiality of registration information, although they are obliged to do by law». UN treaty bodies, including the Human Rights Committee, the Committee against Torture and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination have repeatedly called on both countries to respect the principle of non-expulsion.to the UNHCR, verified information about the deportation or extradition asylum seekers or refugees from Kazakhstan have been reported since 2005, when in Shymkent were abducted and forcibly returned to Uzbekistan nine asylum seekers. However, people go and place a kidnapping attempt. Uzbek refugees who met with the mission was told that notice was being followed the migration police of Kazakhstan and the Uzbek security services feared intervention. Refugees report that saw representatives of the Uzbek security services at the building UNHCR in Almaty. Uzbek police also participated in the interrogation of refugees and asylum seekers, conducted by the police in Kazakhstan.are several cases when authorities issued an order to arrest refugees or asylum seekers, but the intervention of UNHCR and NGOs prevented the extradition or deportation. According to Denis Dzhivagi of KIBHR lately authorities are attempting to prevent the forced return of asylum seekers and refugees. In several cases, the police contacted KIBHR after receipt of the request for extradition, saying, «We know where he is, please bring it to our office so we can remove fingerprints and tell the authorities of his country, that he is under UNHCR protection. In December 2008, the Committee against Torture expressed concern about the fact that the current procedures and practices of the State party's expulsion, expulsion and extradition may expose individuals to the risk of torture. The Committee is concerned about credible reports that individuals have not provided Article 3 full protection against expulsion, return or deportation to neighbouring countries for reasons of regional security, including the fight against terrorism. The Committee is particularly concerned about allegations of forcible return of asylum-seekers from Uzbekistan and China, and the lack of information after their transfer to the host country about their conditions, treatment with them and their location in the host country. » The Committee urged Kazakhstan to adopt legislation regulating expulsion, deportation and extradition, in order to ensure fulfilment of the obligations in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention in all cases where a person is expelled, expulsion and extradition, as well as to ensure that provisions of the Convention have an advantage over bilateral and multilateral agreements on extradition does not guarantee full protection
4. Asylum seekers and refugees from Uzbekistan - a group at particular risk
FIDH met in Kazakhstan approximately twenty asylum seekers and refugees from Uzbekistan, both men and women who fled from persecution in Uzbekistan, according to them, due to human rights activities, religious activities and practices or activities in these areas of their friends or family members. Fleeing persecution by the police and sometimes torture, they cannot get asylum in...
